Aerospace- Module 4- Rockets
Questions and Answers.
Neil Armstrong - Answer first man to walk on moon
Roger Bacon - Answer improved forms of gunpowder; increased the range of rockets
Werhner Von Braun - Answer director of the V-2 rocket project. Was used against London
during WW2. After the war, he headed up the US rocket program
William Congreve - Answer British military expert; designed rockets for military use; rockets
were not successful not because of accuracy but because the sheer number that could be fired
at once. Inspiration for the Star Spangled Banner (in the sky at Fort McHenry)
Jean Froissart - Answer improved the accuracy of rockets by launching them through tubes.
forerunner of the bazooka
Yuri Gagarin - Answer a Russian; the first man in space and the first man to orbit the Earth
John Glenn - Answer first American to orbit earth aboard the Friendship 7lauched by the
more powerful Atlas; 4 hours and 55 minutes
Robert Goddard - Answer experimented with solid and liquid propellant rockets; is called the
"Father of Modern Rocketry"
William Hale - Answer developed the technique of spin stabilization
Hero - Answer developed first rocket engine
Sergei Korolev - Answer the leading Soviet rocket scientist; known as the "Father of the
Soviet Space Program"
Hermann Oberth - Answer German space pioneer; wrote a book about rocket travel into
outer space. His work led to the emergence of small rocket societies across the globe and laid
foundation for V-2
Alan Shepard - Answer first American in space aboard Freedom 7. Rocket was not powerful
enough to launch Mercury capsule into orbit, so the flight only lasted 15 minutes
Questions and Answers.
Neil Armstrong - Answer first man to walk on moon
Roger Bacon - Answer improved forms of gunpowder; increased the range of rockets
Werhner Von Braun - Answer director of the V-2 rocket project. Was used against London
during WW2. After the war, he headed up the US rocket program
William Congreve - Answer British military expert; designed rockets for military use; rockets
were not successful not because of accuracy but because the sheer number that could be fired
at once. Inspiration for the Star Spangled Banner (in the sky at Fort McHenry)
Jean Froissart - Answer improved the accuracy of rockets by launching them through tubes.
forerunner of the bazooka
Yuri Gagarin - Answer a Russian; the first man in space and the first man to orbit the Earth
John Glenn - Answer first American to orbit earth aboard the Friendship 7lauched by the
more powerful Atlas; 4 hours and 55 minutes
Robert Goddard - Answer experimented with solid and liquid propellant rockets; is called the
"Father of Modern Rocketry"
William Hale - Answer developed the technique of spin stabilization
Hero - Answer developed first rocket engine
Sergei Korolev - Answer the leading Soviet rocket scientist; known as the "Father of the
Soviet Space Program"
Hermann Oberth - Answer German space pioneer; wrote a book about rocket travel into
outer space. His work led to the emergence of small rocket societies across the globe and laid
foundation for V-2
Alan Shepard - Answer first American in space aboard Freedom 7. Rocket was not powerful
enough to launch Mercury capsule into orbit, so the flight only lasted 15 minutes
